COUNTIES

Map of California Counties - Status of Ordinances (as of 6/23/06)

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U.S. (GE/Seed Legislation)
All resolutions, with the exception of Arkansas, New York, Texas and Vermont, are provided by the Organic Consumers' Association website

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology Fact Sheet: State Legislative Activity Related to Agricultural Biotechnology in 2005 (June 2006)

FEDERAL BILLS

H.R. 4167, "National Uniformity for Food Act"

H.R. 5266 (pending)
To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech companies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5267 (pending)
To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5268 (pending)
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5269 (pending)
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly.

H.R. 5270 (pending)
To ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5271 (pending)
To assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organism.

Status of U.S. Seed & Plant Laws
Environmental Commons website

OTHER COUNTRIES (GE Legislation)